From: Dark Ambient <sambient@...>
Date: 2006-10-26T01:50:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there really an impending Ruby fracture???

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On 10/25/06, James Britt <james.britt@gmail.com> wrote:
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> pat eyler wrote:
>
> > ...
> > So, no, I'm not terribly worried.  I'm more worried that the Rails
> > community will continue to create user groups without realizing
> > that there's already a Ruby brigade in the area, or that people
> > will continue to flock to Rails without reailizing the gem of a
> > language that's hiding beneath the surface.  But those are a
> > whole different kind of problem.
> >
>
> If there is fracturing, it is with the Ruby as Rails point of view.
>
> My experience is that some people will prefer to start a Rails group
> rather than attend an known, existing Ruby group because they are more
> interested in learning the correct incantations to run Capistrano than
> in understanding how Capistrano works.
>
> For some, Rails is a nicer PHP or VB; Ruby per se is not of interest to
> them.  (Which is fine, unless or until Ruby discussions or gatherings
> are dominated by application development monoculture.)


Just my 2 cents and speaking more personally.   I have less of a desire  to
code for an executable computer program then a web application.  I believe
that I jumped into Rails too quickly without spending more time with Ruby.
Still when I'm searching for the right function to build to accomplish
whatever, and I go back to the Pickaxe book for reference, I'm always amazed
at how simple Ruby can help to implement functionality.

As I've been looking over this thread I believe that in the community your
seeing more people gravitating to the idea of building web sites / web apps
.  I don't think it's Rails over Ruby.

Stuart

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